John P. Mcveane

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Corporal John P. McVeane, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 4 May 1863, while serving with Company D, 49th New York Infantry, in action at Fredericksburg Heights, Virginia. Corporal McVeane shot a Confederate Color Bearer and seized the flag; also approached, alone, a barn between the lines and demanded and received the surrender of a number of the enemy therein.